ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Scientists have discovered new evidence that the universe was briefly governed by different physical laws than it is today, producing a violation to which we owe our very existence, reports a new study. The results open a window into the mysterious epoch […]
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Image: Johns Hopkins University ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Black holes might really be strange defects in spacetime called topological stars that are generated by hidden cosmic dimensions, reports a new study. Topological stars are completely hypothetical and only exist as mathematical constructions at this point. However, they […]
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IMage: LEONELLO CALVETTI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. We are all used to overhearing little snippets of cell phone conversations on the bus or at the store, but could aliens on nearby planets also eavesdrop on our mobile chatter? Scientists raised this intriguing question in a […]
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ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. In a major breakthrough, scientists have resurrected natural molecules that existed as early as 100,000 years ago by stitching together DNA from prehistoric microbes, reports a new study. Researchers taught living microbes to interpret genetic information from their ancient relatives, allowing them […]
Read More ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. In a major breakthrough, scientists have resurrected natural molecules that existed as early as 100,000 years ago by stitching together DNA from prehistoric microbes, reports a new study. Researchers taught living microbes to interpret genetic information from their ancient relatives, allowing them […]
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Image: Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. We’ve all heard eerie stories about people who almost perished, but survived to tell the tale of the strange visions and emotions they experienced when they were close to death. Now, scientists have observed a surge of […]
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ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in the effort to slow the aging process with a novel technique that increased the lifespans of yeast cells by a whopping 82 percent, reports a new study. By programming cells to constantly switch between two […]
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Image: Lev Savitskiy via Getty Images ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Extraterrestrial life may be more prevalent in an unexpected type of star system, reports a new study. Planets that orbit stars with fewer “metals,” the term for elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, may be more likely […]
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Image: Edward Garnero and Mingming Li, Arizona State University ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Earth’s core is likely surrounded by the sunken remains of ancient seafloor, a discovery that reveals new details about this remote region that lies 1,800 miles under our feet, reports a new study. The […]
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Image: Hanif et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. If you’ve ever tried to decipher your grandmother’s handwritten recipe or a forgotten note from your favorite childhood teacher, then you’ve experienced the agony of attempting to read between ink stains, smudged letters, and […]
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Images: Kennedy et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Researchers discovered the first mustatils, which are monumental stone structures dating back to the Late Neolithic period, in the 1970s. Since then, 16000 mustatils have been discovered, primarily in northern Saudi Arabia. Despite excavations […]
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Kepler-62f, a super-Earth-size planet orbiting a star smaller and cooler than the sun, about 1,200 light-years from Earth. (NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Tim Pyle) ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. What if a beefed-up version of Earth were suddenly dropped into the solar system between Mars and Jupiter? That’s the mind-boggling […]
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